4th of July, plus some

We had a quiet 4th of July, well, I did.  Lee took the boys to Six Flags that day to use their free Six Flag passes from school.  Active Duty military also got in free that holiday weekend.  I took Elden and the girls to the splash park and we hung out at home the rest of the day.  We met Lee and the other boys at a parking lot to watch the fireworks that evening.   I love fireworks!!!








A tired Dad after Six Flags!


The next day we met some friends at a splash park before they left.  They have since moved to Hawaii and I hope they are having a wonderful time!  Clark instigated a party, so we brought cupcakes.


Clark and his friend


Shanna and Cal bonked heads somehow (there was a LOUD sound) and he cut up his lip pretty bad.  At least it wasn't emergency room worthy!






Lee has been enjoying seeing his garden grow.  We will miss the most productive garden time I think, but we are going to tell our friends to come pick tomatoes or zucchini whenever they want...before new people move in.

Lee got this cucumber plant to climb up to create (obviously) a hanging cucumber plant. Nature is amazing!


Our hanging cucumbers...these particular ones have since been eaten.



We enjoyed going to another park/splash park/river area last week.  I have been heading up some playgroups as of late, and it's been fun getting together with other friends.


















Right when we were leaving, and of course I told the kids no and they didn't listen, they went to the splash park and got all wet.  So I stayed longer and let them play (like the wonderful parenting of rewarding them for not listening?).  They loved it.  I did cut out shopping.  One of my children wanted to stop at a couple of stores after the park.  That did not happen.  I was not going to take 5 sopping wet kids to the store.


Last Saturday Lee and I went on a date to the Roubidoux River. We got some yummy snacks and then took a walk along the river.  It was very pretty and there were barely any gnats!




There's a brief update!  We are busy getting ready to move!